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Sarah Earle

Biography

Dr Sarah Earle isDirectorof theOpen University'sPriority Research Area in Health & Wellbeing. Sarah is a medical sociologist with a long-standing interest in reproductive and sexual health. This began with the completion of my doctoral thesis in 1998, which focused on women’s embodiment in pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood. Her interest in women’s embodiment and reproductive agency has continued and more recently she led empirical research projects focusing onpre-conception care for women with pre-existing type I and type IIdiabetes (funded by the NIHR), thecontraceptive experiences of women with learning disabilities(funded by Open Society Foundations) and, a systematic review of the international literature onmen’s role in infant feeding. Sarah has published widely on the sociology of human reproduction, including two international edited collectionsUnderstanding Reproductive Loss: International Perspectives on Life, Death and Fertility(published by Routledge) andGender, Identity & Reproduction: Social Perspectives(published by Palgrave). Between 2000 and 2011, Sarah chaired theBritish Sociological Association’s Human Reproduction Study Group. She isnow the Social Sciences sub-editor for the international multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journalHuman Fertility,which is dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice in the areas of human fertility and infertility. Currently, Sarah isthe Director of The Open University’s interdisciplinary Priority Research Area in ‘Health & Wellbeing’ and a member of itsSexuality & Reproduction Special Interest Group. Teaching Sarah has contributed to a number of OU courses, including Promoting Public Health (K311), Working for Health (K201) and Death and Dying (K260). Public engagement Sarah has written articles forThe Conversation(see:https://theconversation.com/why-young-people-with-life-threatening-conditions-also-need-to-talk-about-sex-51340) andOpenLearn(for example:https://www.open.edu/openlearn/body-mind/childhood-youth/childhood-and-youth-studies/fertility-infertility-and-assisted-conception).